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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1628 | 20 june | UK colony of New England | John Endecott (I) | 
| 1629 | John Winthrop (I) | ||
| 1634 | Thomas Dudley (I) | ||
| 1635 | John Haynes | ||
| 1636 | Sir Henry Vane | ||
| 1637 | John Winthrop (II) | ||
| 1640 | Thomas Dudley (II) | ||
| 1641 | Richard Bellingham (I) | ||
| 1642 | John Winthrop (III) | ||
| 1644 | John Endecott (II) | ||
| 1645 | Thomas Dudley (III) | ||
| 1646 | John Winthrop (IV) | ||
| 1649 | 26 march | John Endecott (III) | |
| 1650 | Thomas Dudley (IV) | ||
| 1651 | John Endecott (IV) | ||
| 1654 | Richard Bellingham (II) | ||
| 1655 | John Endecott (V) | ||
| 1665 | Richard Bellingham (III) | ||
| 1672 | John Leverett | ||
| 1679 | Simon Bradstreet (I) | ||
| 1686 | 17 may | Dominion of New England | Joseph Dudley | 
| 1686 | 20 december | Sir Edmund Andros | |
| 1689 | 18 april | UK colony | Simon Bradstreet (II) | 
| 1692 | 16 may | Sir William Phips | |
| 1694 | William Stoughton (I) | ||
| 1699 | Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont | ||
| 1700 | William Stoughton (II) | ||
| 1702 | Joseph Dudley | ||
| 1715 | William Tailer (I) | ||
| 1716 | Samuel Shute | ||
| 1723 | William Dummer (I) | ||
| 1728 | William Burnett | ||
| 1729 | William Dummer (II) | ||
| 1730 | William Tailer (II) | ||
| 1730 | Jonathan Belcher | ||
| 1741 | William Shirley (I) | ||
| 1749 | Spencer Phips (I) | ||
| 1753 | William Shirley (II) | ||
| 1756 | Spencer Phips (II) | ||
| 1757 | Thomas Pownall | ||
| 1760 | Thomas Hutchinson (I) | ||
| 1760 | Sir Francis Bernard | ||
| 1769 | Thomas Hutchinson (II) | ||
| 1774 | 13 may | Thomas Gage | |
| 1776 | 7 december | State of Massachussets | |
| 1780 | 25 october | Commonwealt of Massachussets | |
| 1788 | 6 february | 6^ state of U.S.A. |